Synopsis: In a
war between the humans and the inhabitants of the sea—humans
will lose. Xanthus Dimitriou—the most lethal Dagonian to rise
from the ocean—is on a mission to save mankind from
annihilation. But first there’s one small thing he needs to
do… kill a beautiful young woman in a wheelchair.

Killing
her doesn’t start out as part of his plan. He entrenches himself
deep in the human world. Aligning himself with his enemies, he
prepares to send them to Triton to face their punishment. Then
Sara Taylor rolls onto the scene. Xanthus knows at once she’s
acriminal. And her crime? Being born. She’s a human/Dagonian
half-breed, an abomination. Killing her should be an easy job.
All he has to do is break into her apartment, slit her throat,
and feed her body to the sharks. Simple, right? Wrong. If only
she weren’t so beautiful, so innocent, so sweet…

Saving
the world may have to wait. It appears Xanthus has a woman to
save. But protecting her may cost him his own life.

He knew what he had to do, what he’d
done countless times before. As a trained soldier, he had a sacred
duty to protect his people, guard their secret, and uphold the law.
This female’s presence here was not only a criminal act, but it
also presented an imminent threat. And because of that, his course
was clear.

He had to kill her.

His plan lay clearly before him.
Blanketed in the shadows, he’d enter her apartment window. Moving
silently, he’d strike fast. Before she could cry out for help, he’d
have her throat slit wide open. With her blood flowing swiftly, she’d
be dead in mere seconds. The fact that she bathed at this time added
to the ease of the execution. Clean up would be simple. Before the
night ended, it would be as if she’d never existed. The Dagonian
threat of exposure would be wiped clean from the human world.

Xanthus stood, his feet rooted in
place under her window. Her sweet scent surrounded him as he listened
to her pitiful sobs. Then, in that moment, he did the most shameful
thing he’d ever done in his life.

He hesitated.

No, he didn’t merely hesitate. He
halted. Fingering his blade in his holster, he willed his feet to
move, but they seemed unwilling to obey. Then his mind latched onto a
thought. It was no crime to wait for a more opportune time or a more
secluded place to strike. He didn’t need to act rashly. True,
finding her here in the human world shocked him, but he needed to be
clear-headed and sure when he killed her.

He made his way back to his vehicle
and climbed behind the wheel. He leaned his head back against the
seat, closed his eyes, and attempted to clear his head.

He’d be back and she would die. She
deserved to die. She may have the voice of an angel, but that was a
lie. She was a traitor, a threat to their people. No other
explanation made sense.

He felt someone near just before a
fist rapped on the glass. A big, filthy man with wild hair motioned
for him to roll down his window.

As soon as the glass lowered, the
barrel of a high-caliber pistol poked inside. “Give me all your
money and I won’t hurt you,” the man growled.

“Put away that gun and I won’t
hurt you,”
Xanthus said, his voice low and menacing.

The man didn’t seem too impressed.
“Yeah man, right. You might notice I’m the one with the...”
Before he got the words out, Xanthus had the gun out of the man’s
hand and pointed back at his face with his windpipe clenched in his
fist.

“Hey man, I was just joking,” the
human choked out.

“Just walk away. And don’t come
back. If I see your face anywhere near here again, I’ll kill you.
Do you understand me?”

The man’s eyes widened in fear.
“Yeah, yeah, I hear you,” he said, just before Xanthus released
him and he escaped into the darkness.

Xanthus looked toward the little
female’s apartment building across the street. Could she have found
a more dangerous place to live? He placed the gun in the glove
compartment. He shouldn’t have let the gunman live.

This Dagonian female probably felt at
home with these bottom-feeders.

Probably? Aw Hades. He cursed himself
and the doubt in his mind. He doubly cursed that he couldn’t seem
to stop himself from caring about her welfare. He’d be killing her
himself, after all. The traitor had to die, regardless of his
feelings and no matter how appealing she was. Of course if she died
by a human’s hands then he wouldn’t...

No.

He shook his head at his own idiotic
thoughts. If a human killed her, then her body would be taken to the
morgue, for the humans to see. He couldn’t let that happen. He had
to be the one to kill her and carefully dispose of her body. And he
would, soon.

Just not tonight.

About the Author:

Holly Kelly is a
mom who writes books in her spare time: translation--She hides in the
bathroom with her laptop and locks the door while the kids destroy
the house and smear peanut butter on the walls.

Holly was
born in Utah but lived in Salina, Kansas until she was 13 and in
Garland, Texas until she was 18. She's now back in Utah--"happy
valley". Holly is married to her wonderful husband, James, and
the two of them are currently raising 6 rambunctious children. Her
interests are reading, writing (or course), martial arts, visual
arts, and spending time with family.

Holly Kelly's first
published book is: Rising. Rising was published by Clean Teen
Publishing on September 6, 2013.

No one ever disappears completely...
You leave for work one morning. Another day in your normal life. Until you come home to discover that your boyfriend has gone.
His belongings have disappeared. He hasn't been at work for weeks. It's as if he never existed. But that's not possible, is it? And there is worse still to come. Because just as you are searching for him
someone is also watching you.

I read her book Sarah which I got from NetGalley and let me tell you it was actually a really good read. If you click on the link you can read my review. What truly pulled me to requesting the book was the cover. I know, I know, you should never just get a book by its cover but you know sometimes the cover catches your eye and you just have to read it. I was very happy and surprised to have the author contact me. I think in all my requesting from NetGalley I have had maybe two authors contact me. So I jumped on the chance to interview Mrs. Polen.Check out her interview and enter into the giveaway that she was kind enough to do. Below is the blurb for the book with where you can purchase the book from amazon, also add it to your TBR shelves on Goodreads.

Seventeen-year-old horror fan Cain Shannon thought helping a ghost find her killers would be the supernatural adventure of a lifetime. Now, he just hopes to survive long enough to protec…

Evie is a strong and beautiful single mother with an adoring son. The only thing she ever wanted was a normal life. She fled a cursed past where her death was inevitable.

She hadn't meant to fall in love. She hadn't meant to give birth. When Victor's father died, her beloved son became her only reason to exist...and then he is kidnapped. To save her son, she unleashes her power, the dark forces of an angry demigoddess.

She coats the southern city in an icy hell while evoking madness and death. She will find Victor and there's no one to stop her...or is there?

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